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1. Forts of the District (continued)

   

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   this request and he won every game he played from that on. On the eastern side of this fort is a big stone which is supposed to be an entrance to som underground place. There is a great bank of earth all arround the fort. Forts are never ploughed up as it is believed to be unlucky to interfere with them.

   

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2. Poets of the District

   

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   In this district there lived several poets long ago but they are nearly all dead. They all composed their poems in English. Mrs. Maggie Hayes, of Paddy Hayes's Cross is a farmer's wife and is still alive. She made several verses of poetry one of which was "Lament for my Dead Friend". She made this on the occasion of the death the death of a friend of her's.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr Jerome O' Sullivan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   70

   Address

   Carrigroe, Co. Cork